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Submitted: 12/4/20 • Approved: 12/14/20 • Last Updated: 12/17/20 • R1354572-G1354572-S3
MASTER SERGEANT US Army Air Corps
Joe Lamar
February 24, 1934 - April 3, 2014
Ottis Onita "Nita"
Aug 17, 1937 - Oct 6, 2004
Master Sergeant Joe L. Kea, Retired USAF, age 80, of Gosnell, Arkansas, passed from this life Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville.
Born in Ruleville, Mississippi, to Earl L. and Jeffie Broadway Kea,
He was a retired ROTC Instructor and a member of Bethany Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Neta Ottis O. Bullock Kea and daughter Terri L. Kea.
Joe is survived by his sons, Kenneth E. Kea of Gosnell, Arkansas and Douglas L. Kea and wife, Brenda of Omaha, Nebraska; grandson Brandon Kea; brother John Lucas Kea of Wichita Falls, Texas and sister Marjorie Starnes of Trenton, Tennessee.
Funeral services with full military honors were held in Elmwood Cemetery with Cobb Funeral Home in charge.
Jonesboro Sun obits. April 9, 2014
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Annette Shaw
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